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NEGKTIE HOLDER. (Application 'Aled May 3, 1899.) (No Model.)

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' vention and holding a necktie in place.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIAN HARMON GRUBB, OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

SIPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,444, dated January30, 1900. Application liledfMay 3, 1899. Serial No. 715,409. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN HARMON GRUBB, a citizen of the United States,residing at IIagerstown, in the county of Washington and State ofMaryland, have invented a new and useful Necktie-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie-holders, and has for its object toprovide a collar-button with improved means adapted to engage thenecktie and hold the same in place and prevent the tie from ridingupward on the collar in front thereof.

To this end the present invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described,

vshown in the accompanying drawings, and

particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of a shirt-band andcollar, showing the collar-button equipped with the present in- Fig. 2is an enlarged detail perspective view of the collar-button. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showingthe hinged head or plate in position for engagement of the collar-buttonwith a collar. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the shank of thecollar-button. Fig. Gis a plan view of theI bottom plate of the hingedhead of the collarfbutton.

Corresponding parts are designated by like reference characters in allthe iigures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates the base-plate ofthe button, preferably circular in form and provided with the shank 2,having its outer extremity reduced, as at 3, bent or offset to one sideof the shank, as shown, and provided with oppositely-ex tendingpivot-pins 4; The free extremity of the' lreduced portion 3 is providedWith a pointed prong or tine 5, which is located entirely at one side ofthe shank, extending beyond the end and inclined toward the planethereof. The prong end of the shank is provided with a dished orconcaved head 6, having a bottom plate 7, to which the edges of the headare firmly clamped, so as to provide a hollow head. The bottom plate isprovided with a longitudinal slot 8, having indentations or sockets 9 atopposite sides of the slot, near one end thereof, and arrangedtransversely of the slot. The purpose of this slot is to facilitate thepositioning of the head 6 upon the free end of the shank by receivingthe pivot-pins 4 longitudinally through the said slot, after which thehead is turned axially upon the reduced portion 3.of the shank, so as toseat the pivot-pins 4 in the respective indentations 9 and transverselyat opposite sides of said slot 8, the head also being provided With alongitudinal slot l0, alined with theslot in the bottom of the head, soas to receive the prong or tine 5 and permit of the same projectingbeyond the face of the head. Located Within the head and snugly held bythe walls thereof is a spring-plate 11, adapted to engage across thefaces of tliepivot-pins 4, opposite the bottom plate 7. It will beunderstood that the pivot-pins 4 are preferably square or angular incross-section, so as to form a spring-hinge in connection with thespring-plate ll, whereby the head is held in either of its adjustedpositions, and the upper face of the head 6 is provided with alongitudinal groove l2, extending from one end of the slot l0 outwardtoward the free end of the head and adapted to receive the prong 5 whenthe head is thrown into a position longitudinally of the shank for thepurpose of engaging the collar-button with the buttonhole of ashirt-band collar.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that when the button has beenapplied to a collarband 13 of a shirt and a collar 14 in the common andordinary manner, the hinged head 6 being located transversely of theshank, the prong will engage the rear side of a necktie l5 in a mannerto hold said tie in its proper position and prevent the tie from ridingupward upon the collar. Furthermore, it will be noted that the prongengages the necktie at the thickest portion and near the upper edgethereof, whereby the tie is not twisted or strained and the shapethereof is preserved.

When the hinged head 6 is folded into a position longitudinally of theshank, as shown in Fig. 4, for the purpose of engaging the button with abuttonhole, it will be noted that the prong 5, being offsetlongitudinally to one side of the shank and the head being foldable uponthe prong side thereof, permits of the IOO head being turned upon itshinged eonnection, so as to have its inner face or bottom plate alinedwith the shank, and the prong is received within the groove l2, wherebyno projections or obstructions are presented which might'interfcre withthe proper and ready positioning of the collar-button.

The construction and arrangement of partsV as hereinbefore describedprovide a simple and exceedingly effective necktie holder which isadapted to engage the necktie at the most advantageous part thereof, soas to preserve the shape of the necktie, and the prong is adapted to beconveniently housed by the hinged head, so as to facilitate theengagement of the collar-button with a buttonhole.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction Within the scope of the appended claims maybe resorted toWithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.

What I claim is- Y 1. The combination of a collar-button having a base,a shank having its free end reduced and bent or offset to one side ofthe shank, pivot-lugs projecting from opposite sides of the offsetportion and the free end of the latter being formed into a prong or tineextending longitudinally beyond the end of the shank, and a hollow headprovided With alined longitudinal slots, and a longitudinal grooveextending from the slot in the outer face of the head, and aspring-plate housed within the head and provided with a slot alined Withthe slots in the head, the pivotpins of the shank being held between thebottom plate of the head and the spring-plate, whereby a hingedconnection is provided for the head, and the prong or tine being adaptedto project transversely through the outer slot in the head and alsoadapted to be received within the groove thereof in the folded positionof the head, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a collar-button, the combination of a base, a shank having alateral oset portion at its outer end, a prong provided upon the outerend of the offset portion, and a head hinged to the offset portion,intermediate of the prong and the shank, and foldable upon the prongside thereof, said head being -provided with a slot receiving the prong,and a longitudinal groove in the outer face of the head, and extendinglongitudinally from one end of the slot thereof, and receiving the prongflush with the outer face of the head, in the folded position thereof,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JULIAN HARMON GRUBB.

itnessesz PETER S. BREWER, HARRY K. MUMMA.

